by Debbie Hodge | May 24, 2010 | Travel
by Debbie Hodge In Travel & Vacations, I described 5 kinds of trips/vacations. Each of these types of travel have their own “story arc” that can help you figure out what pages to include. Here I show you how to approach “Being There.” In each of these...
by Debbie Hodge | May 20, 2010 | Sketches and Layered Templates
by Debbie Hodge You can find a new sketch every Friday in the Get It Scrapped Sketch Gallery. This week’s sketch/template bundle includes two one-pagers and a two-pager. Any great to use on their own or mix and match them for multi-page events or themed albums....
by Debbie Hodge | May 20, 2010 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements, Write Your Story
by Debbie Hodge The “ah-ha!” story form In the “Ah-ha!” story, someone (probably you) comes to a new realization (aka epiphany). This could be a realization about other people or about self. It could be a realization about the past or a new understanding of current...
by Debbie Hodge | May 20, 2010 | Ideas for Page Elements, Titles
by Debbie Hodge Making the connections Discovering a movie title, a line from a song, a well-known phrase, or a lesser-known and eloquent line of poetry that connects your photos to their story is always satisfying. The following are ideas (and even a technique) for...
by Debbie Hodge | May 19, 2010 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Melanie Grimes (aka Britgirl) Editor Intro: I’ve often admired the polish that Melanie Grimes’ digital scrapbook pages have, and I asked her to share some tips for finishing off pages. Melanie is a photographer and digital scrapbooker from the United Kingdom. She’s...
by Debbie Hodge | May 18, 2010 | Copic Markers
by Michelle Houghton As promised, here is another step-by-step tutorial for using your Copic markers and shading an image we can all work on together. This time we are playing with an image made specially for all my friends with little boys. For those of you with...
by Debbie Hodge | May 18, 2010 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Embellishments, Hybrid Scrapbooking, Paula Gilarde
by Paula Gilarde You don’t even need to have some fancy-schmancy photo editing software to try this digital technique. All you need is word-processing software like Word. I used a dingbat font to create a fun custom embellishment for my page. Dingbat fonts are...
by Debbie Hodge | May 17, 2010 | Get It Scrapped! Project
by Tami Taylor The 5th installment of a project in which Tami embarks upon a year-long quest (inspired by the Julie/Julia Project) to use the Get It Scrapped! book and website to Get It Scrapped! What’s your point? It’s probably the biggest “Debbie-ism” that goes...
by Debbie Hodge | May 16, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
by Debbie Hodge Welcome back to “Where Scrapbook Ideas Come From.” Earlier lessons covered the design principles of Emphasis and Repetition. Today we’re talking about another principle: Alignment. Click here to read lesson 4 There are many big and small ways to...
by Debbie Hodge | May 15, 2010 | ScrabookIdeasFreeClass
by Debbie Hodge Unity refers to how the parts of a design come together as a whole. If the elements on a scrapbook page look like they belong together (as opposed to having been collected and placed randomly) you have unity. In the quest for a design with unity, the...
